Heat-storage generator.



W. A. GOSSETT. HEAT STORAGE GENERATOR. APPLICAT|0N FILED JAN. 5, we.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

awuenlioz W H -GossETT attozmug W. A.,GOSSETT. HEAT STORAGE GENERATOR.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN- 5. I916- 1, 200,723,

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Qwwwptoz W- H GossETT attain;

a citizen of the Baker, 1n the county Oregon, have invented certain new and usewrnrmm A. eossnar'r,

. nria'r-stomach .enivnnaroa.

Td'aZZ-whom it may mm.-

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. Gossn'r'r, United States, residing at of Baker and tate of ful Improvements n'Heat-Storage Genera- 36 adapted I balls, said chamber beingin communication ,theabove character, the

P ima y 'whereby and the heat units conserved and stored or ,of heat energy is obtained from 20;

v It is another and more 'the, invention having inner and preheated, and sub sequen inner. boiler,

.serving means.

i at its lower en ..the chamber walls,

the furnace .the balls may veniently fed thereto.

tors, of which the following is a specifica-v tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

-This invention relates to .an improved steam boiler and furnaceand has for its object to produce an apparatus steam may be quickly generated,

employed for various other. purposes.

It is another important object of the invention .toprovide a boilerand furnace of suchconstructionthat a maximum degree consumption o fuel so that the operating apparatus will be relatively small. particular object of furnace boiler cost of the to provide a water chambers or-drums, heat conserving means arranged between said drums'whereby thewater in the outer boliler drum will be y v r and means for collecting an utilizing the heat given off by the heat conobj ect of the a steam generating st-central chamber to receive a multiplicity of fire clay It is another provide a boiler; having b d with thefirebox of the chamer highly, heated and. such heat means being provided base whereby any quantity 0 v be withdrawn whereby said balls will be quicl ly and fire clay balls may be con- It; is a further genera object of the ininventionto provide a boiler and furnace of initial installation cost of which is comparatively small, and to so construct the same that itmay be advantageously employed for various purposes'at "ammimum operatingcost.

With the above and otherlobjects in: view, m invention consists inthe novelfeatures 0 construction, combination and arrangeniore fully 1 a"- Specification of Letters Patent. I hpplicationfiled January 5,1916. s mina' 'zos s.

' companying a minimum outer spaced concentric.

admitted .to the d' at the inner end of the at 10. This downwardly projecting end of.

. the drum invention to if desired, the

transmitted to h from said chain ber chamber being op t p end whereby th TENT DEFICIE- Pate ted 1916.

Y described, claimed and 'illustratedin ac drawings, in which, Figure '1 is a vertical sectional" view through a stationary vertical boiler constructed in accordance with "the preferred embodiment of my invention;, Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

through Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section line 33 of Fig 2.

the furnace, taken on the Referring in detail to the drawings, 0 deslgnates'thefurnace base which may be of firebrick, cement, or other suitable masonry construction. Upon the-furnace base 5,'the outer annular water chamber or drum 6 is suitably mounted. a v

7 designates an inner water chamber or drum which is concentrically spaced from theinner wall of thedrum' 6 and at its baseis' countersunk or seated in a recess in the upper face oft-he foundation or base 5 of the furnace. This outer wall 7 of the inner drum extends some distance above the upper end of the outer drum 6. The inner tubular wall 8 of the inner drum extends below the base or bottom wall of the water chamber between the inner and outer walls. and into a cylindrical pocket .9 formed in the furnace base firebon indicated wall '8 is open upon one side, as shown at 11, and in communication with the firebox. It will, however,

furnace may be provided-with a plurality of the fireboxes 10 each cornmunicating with the inner central chamber defined by the wall 8. The upper open end of this chamber is adapted to be closed by a air of hinged doorsl indicated at 12,. an into this'upper end of the chamber the firebrickballs shown at 13, are adaptedto be fed. I I preferably use spherical firebrick balls, as they afford interstices through which a draft is created, drawing thefiame upwardly through the inner chamber. The chamber is filled with these balls entirely to the top doors12'. I The space between the inner. and outer wallsat the upper end of the inner drum is closed by a-wall 14 which is a manhole, indicated at 15, so that access may be obtained to the water chamber.

Between the inneri'wall of the outer drum 6 and the wall 7 of the inner drum, firebricks are arranged, said firebrick entirely filling the space between these walls but being the outer cylindrical wall of be understood that,

for

provided with so arranged as to provide air spaces 16 beouter drum 6. At thesmallergenii, the hoodtween the superposed courses of brick. As provided with an outlet stafck'or tube 32 shown in Fig. 3, lateral arches I? afford in which a suitable damper 33 is arranged.

' communication between the lower end of the 34vdes1gnates a pipe which -is-'connected central chamber in which the fire clay balls at its upper end to one side of ,the hood and 70 arearranged and the space'between the inat its lower end to the fan casing '35. The ner and outer drums occupied by the fireporous firebrick 15 between the walls of the brick 15. The firebox is, of course, proinner and outer drum, give o fi' a conslderable vided with a suitable grate 18 and an ash quantity of heat, this heat. arismg 10 pit 19 in the :base or foundation of fire below around the upper end of tli' inner water 75 i said gratef he upper closed end of the drum is collectedflin the hood 31. T e fan outer drum 6 is also provided with a man- 35, when in operation, withdraws this heat hole 20 through which water may be fed to from thehood and directs the same through this outer drum. a pipe or conduit 36 to any desired point 21 designates a pump and a pipe 22 con- .where it-is to be utilized. This excess heat, 80 nects the intake chamberof thispump to the thus collected, may be advantageouslyem-v v outer water drum 6. A pi e 23 connects the ployed for the drying of lumber, and can be ischarge or outlet cham er of the pump stored and used for various other purposes. with the inner water drum at approximately e upper end of the inner drum is prothe Water level thereof. vided with a suitable safety valve, indicated 35 0rd Wood, coke, coal, or other suitable at 37, so as to exhaust the surplus steam fuel may be used and fed to the firebox 1Q. generated in said'drum. The hot air arising The heat and products of combustion pass through the firebrick 15, by contact with upwardly through the fire clay balls 13 in the n perend portion of the inner drum,

the inner chamber and the firebrick 15 besuper-goats the steam withinsaid drum. 90

tween the inner and outer drums. The balls ."In the base or. foundation 5 of the fur 13 soon assume a red heat so that the drum nace, -a laterally and downwardly inclined wall 8 may be quickly and highly heated. outlet passage 38 communicates'at its inner Cold water which is first admitted to the end with the central recess 9 in said base '0 outer water drum is preheated by the transwhile the outer end of said passage is closed 5 mission of heat from the firebrick 15 to the. by a suitable door or gate 39. By opening inner drum wall. This heated Water is this door, anydesired quantity of the firedrawn off-through the pipe 22 by the pump brick balls 13 in the central chamber may be 2l'a'nd' returned through the pipe 23 to the withdrawn, and said balls fed into said inner water drum so that it will not apprechamber at the top thereof. 10,, 'ciably reduce the temperature of the water From the foregoing description, taken in in the latter drum. A full head of steam connection with the accompanying drawmay thus be very quickly obtained and this ings, it is believed that the construction, steam is drawn off through a pipe 24 conoperation and several advantages of my im- 40 nected to the upper end of the innerv drum proved steam boiler and furnace will be and utilized for various purposes. clearly and fully understood. The appa- An annular pipe 25 is arranged in the ratus may be operated at its maximum calower end of the outer drum and a similar pacity with-the consumption of a comparapipe"26 is also arranged in the lower end of tively small quantity of fuel for a relatively 45 the inner drum. One side of'each of these long period of use. All of' the heat units pipes is perforated, and a lateral outlet pipe are advantageously utilized in the trans- 27 and 28,"respec-tively, is connected-to each mission of heat to the walls of the inner of the annular pipes. Thus, mud or other drum so that a full head of steam'eanlbe sediment collecting in the lower ends of thequickly generated. As the surplus heat 5o drums may be drawn off at intervals. A units are also collected and conserved, it .pipe 29 is also connected to the outer drum will be seen that there is no waste whatever at the water level so that scum or other matin the operation of the invention. Thus the ter on the surface of the water may also be apparatus can be serviceably employed upon withdrawn. As the water in the drum is farms for heating purposesas Well as irri- 5; continually boiling or in a state of ebulligation purposes, and a great number of 1 tion, these light particles of forelgn matter other uses incidental to agriculturalo eracollect on the water surface. A suitable tions. The steam supply thus inexpensively gage, indicated at 30, is also connected to the produced may also be used in the generation outer wall of the i'nner drum so that'the rise of electricity, and .the operation of various 0 and fall of the water level therein may be municipal service plants. readily ascertained. I While I have herein described and illusbove the upper end 'of the inner drum, a trated in the accompanying drawing, a verconicalsnared collecting hood 31 is artical type of boiler, 'it is manifest, however,

ranged, the greatest diameter of which is apthat the principle also be employed in proximately equal to the diameter of the horizontal boilers as Welland of either the no stationary or the' several structural parts therefore,

reserve the privilege of adopting allfsuch legitimate changes as may be fa rly embodied within the sp rit and scope of the f invention asiclaimed.

spaced" drums mounted upon box of the --Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. An apparatus of the character described including a furnace, inner and outer said furnace, heat retaining means arranged between sai inner and outer drums, said furnace having passages affording communication between the space between said drums and the firefurnace, means for withdrawing water from the outer drum and discharging the same into said inner drum, said inner drum having a central/chamberv in communication with the firebox of the furnace, and fire clay balls arranged in said chamber and filling the same, sai furnace also having an outlet passage communicating with the lower end of said chamber through which the fire clay balls may be withdrawn.

2. An apparatus of the character described including a furnace, inner and outer spaced concentric drums mounted upon said furnace, said inner drum extending above copies of tbiep'atent may be obtained for dve, cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0."

the outer thereof and I,

" drums, and means v the water fron'r drum and having a central chamber communicating at its lower end with the firebox of the furnace, fire brick balls filling the chamber, said f urnace. hav1ng passages affording communication between the firebox and the space between said for withdrawing water from the outer drum and discharging the same into the inner drum.

3. An apparatus of the character de-' scribed including a furnace, inner and outer drums mounted upon said furnace,

brick arranged in the'space between sai drums and entirely filling the same, saldv inner drum projecting above the outer drum and having a central chamber projecting below said drum and in communication with the firebox of the furnace, heat conducting fire clay balls arranged in said chamber and filling the same, sai furnace sage affording communication between the firebox and the space outer drums, and means for withdrawng charging the same into the inner the approximate water In testimony whereof I hereunto signature in the presence of WILLIAM A.

LYnDnNn, D. W. GALL.

Commissioner of Iatente,

between the inner and level of the latter.

two witnesses.

having a pas- 

